Anax, the God of Pain

The god of pain. A cruel and merciless god, enjoying pain derived from punishing others. He doesn’t not care if a crime is committed, he only seeks out those he thinks can endure the most pain possible so he can savor every single moment of his tortures. He tortures and inflicts carnage on mortals whenever he can just for his own amusement. He sees mortals as his little playthings and loves to prove why they were created for his merriment. Those that follow the God of Pain leave a bowl of blood or their recent victims, or sometimes severed fingers and toes. He is seen with long blood red hair, and he carries several torture instruments with him at all times.

Worshipers
Bringing pain and suffering is the aim of all Anaxians, either through physical torture or sometimes more subtly and psychologically. Beauty, intelligence, and acting are useful attributes of a Anaxian, but the ability to fully understand someone is the best skill a they acquire, as knowing someone fully could help them inflict maximum pain, one way or another. Anax's followers are encouraged to wipe Noctus' followers from the face of the world.

Anaxians often engage in self-flagellation, often in the morning when praying for spells. They celebrate each season with the Rite of Pain and Purity, a ritual that involves followers dancing on glass, thorns, or barbed-wire while being whipped by higher-level Anaxians. A smaller ritual occurring every twelve days involves followers passing their bodies through the flames of candles.

During warfare, priestesses of Anax scourge their naked shoulders or tear their cheeks with their nails to evoke magic.